Doctor Who - The Dominators

Friday, August 22nd, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Doctor Who - The Dominators

First broadcast on BBC1 in 1968, The Dominators sees the TARDIS materialising on the planet Dulkis, currently under threat from two alien Dominators and their robotic servants, the Quarks.

Their intention is to turn the planet into a raidoactive mass, fuel for their space fleet.

The pacifist Dulcians refuse to retaliate, until the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive.

Can they help save both the planet and its people in time?

Patrick Troughton stars as the Doctor, with Frazer Hines as Jamie. Wendy Padbury, who plays Zoe in the episodes, also provides linking narration and, in a bonus interview, recalls her time in Doctor Who.

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Author: BBC Audiobooks
Narrator: Original Soundtrack
ISBN: 9781405677592
Download Price: $18.99

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Doctor Who - The Paradise of Death

Sunday, July 6th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Doctor Who - The Paradise of Death

Doctor Who - The Paradise of Death was the first Doctor Who drama made specifically for radio.

Written for BBC Radio 2 by producer Barry Letts to celebrate the Doctor’s 30th anniversary, it stars third Doctor Jon Pertwee, reunited with Sarah Jane and the Brigadier, in a dangerous return to Earth.

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Author: Barry Letts
Narrator: Full Cast Performance
ISBN: 0563553235
Download Price: $18.99

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Tags: 30th Anniversary, Bbc, Bbc Radio 2, Brigadier, Cast Performance, Doctor Who, Jon Pertwee, Narrator, Return To Earth, Sarah Jane, Stars

Doctor Who - The Tomb of the Cybermen

Friday, July 4th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Patrick Troughton faces the dreaded Cybermen in the digitally remastered soundtrack of a classic BBC TV story, with linking narration by Frazer Nines

 

‘You will be like us… ‘

On the planet Telos, the Doctor and bis friends encounter a party of archaeologists intent on uncovering the mythical ‘ Tomb of the Cybermen ‘. Only the Doctor seems aware of the folly of this venture, but suddenly it’s too late - the ice tombs are open, and the Cybermen are coming back to life…

Trapped underground with the Cyber Controller and his acolytes, including the vermin-like Cybermats, the Doctor and company learn that they are to be turned into a new generation of Cybermen. To make matters worse, there is treachery and double-crossing amongst the humans.

Can the Cyber menace be made dormant before it spreads out to the galaxy once again — and will the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria escape with their lives?

Frazer Hines , who played Jamie in these four BBC TV episodes from 1967, provides linking narration for the story. In a bonus interview, he also recalls the making of The Tomb of the Cybermen .

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Author: Various
Narrator: Frazer Hines
ISBN: 1846070465
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Doctor Who - The Macra Terror

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Doctor Who - The Macra Terror

There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things … they must be fought, ‘ The Doctor

In 2070 Earth’s weather is controlled by the Gravitron, a device based on the Moon and manned by an international team of experts. When the TARDIS deposits the Doctor and his companions on the zero-gravity surface, they discover the base in the grip of a plague epidemic which is drastically reducing the personnel.

The Doctor’s curiosity is aroused by the mysterious infection. With the base’s own medic himself incapacitated, the time traveller offers his services to the ailing crew. Can he pinpoint the source of contamination before time runs out? Jamie, meanwhile, is recovering in the Sick Bay from a blow to the head. In his delirium, can that really be the Phantom Piper coming to haunt him - or is it something far more deadly?

Soon an invasion force from Mondas descends, its aim to take control of the Gravitron and decimate Earth’s population with waves of extreme weather. All remaining humans will be converted to the Cyber race…

When the Doctor, Polly and Ben visit a human colony that appears to be one big holiday camp they think they have come across a truly happy place. But a shadowy presence soon makes them realise that the surface contentment is carefully controlled. The colony’s inhabitants have been brainwashed by giant crab-like creatures - the Macra. Insidious propaganda, broadcast by the Controller, forces the humans to mine a gas that is essential for the Macra to survive - but fatal to them.

The colony must be saved - but how? The Doctor and his team are up against It, particularly when Ben falls under the influence of the Macra. Can he be rescued from their evil clutches? Can the gas pumping equipment be destroyed, getting rid of the Macra for good?

The soundtrack to this suspenseful adventure, which was first broadcast In 1967, has been digitally remastered to recreate a very popular story from the Troughton era.

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Author: Various
Narrator: Full Cast Production
ISBN: 0563477563
Download Price: $13.99

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Doctor Who - The Savages

Sunday, May 25th, 2008 by Book Guy | No Comments »

Doctor Who - The Savages

‘We have reached the distant horizon of an age of peace and prosperity!’

When the TARDIS materialises on an alien planet, the Doctor insists that he and his companions have arrived in the far future. Steven and Dodo think otherwise, however, after they encounter a band of cave-dwelling primitives who are terrified of strangers. The travellers soon discover that the planet’s population is divided into two castes, and that the professed idyll of the Elders - who inhabit a technologically advanced city -seems oddly dependent upon the unsophisticated Savages.

Whilst the Elders’ leader, Jano, welcomes the Doctor into their society, Dodo stumbles upon a dark secret at the heart of the community. The truth behind the Elders’ great knowledge is eventually revealed, and the Doctor sees it as his duty to end a terrible case of exploitation. Yet Jano has plans of his own for the Doctor..

With the Doctor’s faithful companion Steven discovering that events on this planet will irrevocably shape his destiny, The Savages marks the final appearance in the programme of Peter Purves, who also provides the linking narration for this release.

Written By
Ian Stuart Black

First Broadcast
BBC1
28 May 1966

NUMBER OF EPISODES
Four

Last Broadcast
18 June 1966

Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Author: Ian Stuart Black
Narrator: Full Cast Performance
ISBN: 0563535024
Download Price: $18.99

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